Austrian immigrant Leo Hirshfield brought his recipe for a chocolaty, chewy candy to America and produced it in a small store in New York City.The candy was named after his five-year-old daughter (nickname of "Tootsie"). It was delivered by wagon until 1915 (above). In 1917 the name changed to Sweets Company of America and on June 16, 1925 was registered under the "Tootsie Rolls" trademark.